Harlem Elected

To 6-month Term

SUNRISE — City Commissioner Irwin Harlem has been automatically elected to a six-month term because no opponent filed to run against him in the Sept. 8 election.

Filing for the City Commission seat opened June 27 and ended Tuesday.

Although Harlem, deputy mayor, did not face opposition this time, he may next March when he has to run again. Harlem has never run for the seat. He was appointed to the five-member commission in March 1993, taking over the seat held by Mayor Steve Effman, then a commissioner.

Though Effman had two years remaining on his commission seat, the city's charter required that an election be held if it could be done before the term expired. In this case, Effman's commission term expires in March 1995, six months after the city's primary election date in September.

The mayor and commissioners each make $16,168 a year. The mayor also gets $600 a month in expenses. Commissioners get $400 each.